Balirajgarh

Balirajgarh is an archaeological site within Madhubani district of Bihar, India. The site is 1 square km and houses an ancient fortification dating back to c. 200 BCE during the period of the Shunga Empire. It is possible the site is pre-Mauryan in origin and the Cambridge University archaeologist, Dilip Kumar Chakrabarti, believes Balirajgarh to be the site of Mithila, the capital of the Iron AgeVideha tribe. The site of the Balirajgarh fort was first identified in 1884 by George Abraham Grierson, the then Madhubani sub divisional magistrate.